He currently has 12 full-time members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), including India, Pakistan, England, South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. With so many of these teams, it can be difficult to pick the top 10 ODI batsmen in the world by 2022.
However, the ICC annually selects the 10 best players in various categories based on the latest players’ performance. But today we will take a look at the 10 best male ODI batsmen in the world by 2022.
These rankings change over time depending on what matches a player plays and how he performs in ODI (ODI) matches.
The player is rated at 1000 points and is scored on the basis of runs scored in the match.
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Who is the best batsman in the world right now?
| Position | Player Name | Team | Rating | Against | Date |
| 1 | Babar Azam | Pak | 873 | Eng | 13/07/2021 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | Ind | 811 | Eng | 12/07/2018 |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | Ind | 785 | Sri | 06/07/2019 |
| 4 | Ross Taylor | NZ | 741 | BLD | 05/06/2019 |
| 5 | Aaron Finch | Aus | 698 | Eng | 25/06/2019 |
| 6 | Jonny Bairstow | Eng | 696 | Ind | 26/03/2021 |
| 7 | David Warner | Aus | 680 | Pak | 26/01/2017 |
| 8 | Shai Hope | WI | 608 | BLD | 17/05/2019 |
| 9 | Kane Williamson | NZ | 599 | Ind | 09/07/2019 |
| 10 | Quinton De Kock | SA | 513 | Sri | 10/03/2019 |
The official men’s ODI batsman rating on November 27, 2021 according to the ICC
1. Babar Azam
Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer who is shaking his head. He is a top-order batsman who also serves as captain of the T20 Pakistan cricket team and vice-captain in ODI format. At the tender age of 20 at the age of 20 in 2015, he was the highest run scorer for Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 in England.
In 2017, he was named ODI Player of the Year for the PCB when he became the first player in history to score 5 consecutive centuries in the same country. It is said that he is a prodigy at the age of just 25. In terms of ODI rankings, he is ranked third.
He scored 54 off just 60 balls in his first ODI. He is also the only Pakistani player to score 3 centuries in three T20 games in a calendar year.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Emperor and Babzi
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Unmarried
ODI Debt: May 31, 2009 against Zimbabwe
ODI Betting Stats: 80 matches, 78 innings average with 56.8 and streak rate of 88.7
2. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is the Indian captain and currently sits at No.1 position in the ICC ODI Rankings of 2022. Being a top-order batsman, he makes a lot of runs for the team, and personally he likes pursuing the 2022 target rather than pursuing the goal. To be pursued by another team.
Born in Delhi on November 5, 1988, he made international appearance in 2008 when he was only 19 years old and is now rated 869/1000 by the ICC.
He has a record of scoring 11,000 ODI runs faster than any other in the world, even faster than Sachin Tendulkar. He has been honored three times as the ICC ODI Player of the Year – 2012, 2017 and 2018.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Chikoo / Chiku
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Anushka Sharma (2017)
ODI debut: August 18, 2008 against Sri Lanka
ODI batting stats: 254 matches, 245 innings with an average of 59.1 and a strike rate of 93.2
3. Rohit Sharma
Another Indian cricketer in the list is Rohit Sharma, he is also the opener of the Indian cricket team and vice-captain of the Indian team. His full name is Rohit Gurunath Sharma and he was born on April 30, 1987 in Nagpur.
He started his career in 2007 when he was 20 years old and is currently at number two on the list of the top 10 ODI batsmen in the world.
Rohit Sharma has set a record for scoring 264 runs in the World ODI. In addition, he scored the highest double centuries in ODI format by any cricketer in the world, including 3 double centuries.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Hitman Sharma
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Ratika Sajda (2015)
ODI Debut: 23 June 2007 against Ireland
ODI batting stats: 227 matches, 49.0 with average of 220 innings and strike rate 88.9
4. Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor is a New Zealand cricketer and plays in the middle order. He has been captain of the New Zealand cricket team in the past. His full name is Luteru Ross Poutao Taylor and was born on March 8, 1984 in Lower Hutt, Wellington. He is ranked fourth in the list of top 10 ODI batsmen in the world.
He did the ODI in 2006 when he was 22 years old, but could only manage 15 runs, however, in his third ODI match against Sri Lanka 128 *. He is also one of the few selected players in the world to score double centuries in Test format.
Four ICC World Cups have been played by him – 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. Also, Ross Taylor is the first New Zealander to make hundreds against all nations that play Test games in ODI format. Not only that, he is also the fourth player in game history to score a century on his birthday.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Rosco
Height: 6 feet 1 inch
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Victoria Jane Brown (2011)
ODI debut: March 1, 2006 against the West Indies
Batting stats: 233 matches, 217 innings, average 48.2, strike rate 83.4
5. Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch is the second Australian batsman to be included in the list and is ranked 9th in the list of top 10 ODIs in the world. He is the opening batsman of the Australian cricket team and serves as captain in the limited overs cricket format.
Aaron Finch’s full name is Aaron James Finch and he was born on November 17, 1986 in Kolkata, Victoria, Australia. He made an ODI against Sri Lanka in 2013 at the age of 27 where he could only score 16 runs. However, this does not delete his record.
In T20I he holds the record for the highest individual score of 172 which is also the highest score by any opener and captain. And so he broke another player’s record of 156 runs. Recently, he and David Warner set a record of 285 against India.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Finch
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Amy Griffiths (2018)
ODI debut: against Sri Lanka on January 11, 2013
ODI batting stats: 132 matches, 128 innings with an average of 41.9 and a strike rate of 88.4
6. Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow is a 31-year-old English wicketkeeper batsman who was born on September 26, 1989 and the son of former English keeper David Bairstow. Being the only English cricketer, the top men in the world contribute the amount of talent available to him in ODI batsmen. He made his first-class debut in 2009 and was the top scorer with an incredible 82 in the second innings.
He made his ODI debut against the Indians visiting Cardiff in the fifth ODI against India in 2011, and featured 21 balls with a stunning 41-run stand that helped his team win the match. General Chat Chat Lounge Bairstow is also the first England cricketer to score centuries in 3 consecutive ODIs, which he achieved in 2018.
Jonny Bairstow has an ODI strike rate of 103.72 and has 10 centuries and 13 half-centuries to his name.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Blue, YJB
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Alone
ODI debut: November 16, 2016 against Sri Lanka
ODI batting stats: 81 matches, 76 innings with an average of 53.7 and a strike rate of 74.9
7. David Warner
An Australian cricketer who is currently ranked sixth on the list of top 10 ODIs in the world. He served as captain for the Australian cricket team and is still open to them. His full name is David Andrew Warner and he was born on October 27, 1986 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Warner made his ODI debut in 2009 when he scored just 5 against South Africa at the age of 20, though he is the first Australian cricketer to play a single first-class match since 1877.
In the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, when he played against Afghanistan, he scored a career-best 178 runs, helping Australia to a maximum of 417/6 in any World Cup.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Lloyd, and The Reverend
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Batting: Left-handed batsman
Wife: Candace Warner (2015)
ODI Debt: January 18, 2009, South Africa
ODI batting stats: 128 matches, 126 innings with an average of 45.4 and a strike rate of 95.5
8. Shai Hope
Shi Diego Hoop is a 27-year-old Barbadian cricketer who debuted his ODI in the second match of the three-nation series against Sri Lanka on November 16, 2016. Hoop scored his first international ODI century against Zimbabwe in his second match of the Twenty20 series. He is the only Barbadian cricketer in the list of the Top 10 ICC ODI Men’s Batsmen in the World in 2022.
Hoop has played in 81 ODIs, has an average of 52.94 and a strike rate of 74.91. He has also scored 10 centuries with the highest score of 170 in just 152 balls, which were played in a three-nation series against Ireland on May 5, 2019. He has also scored 19 eight centuries in ODIs so far.
Shay Hoop is a right-handed wicketkeeper batsman.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: thing
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Unmarried
ODI debut: November 16, 2016 against Sri Lanka
ODI batting stats: 81 matches, 76 innings with an average of 53.7 and a strike rate of 74.9
9. Kane Williamson
Ken Williamson is the second New Zealand player on the list and is currently ranked seventh in the list of Top 10 ODIs in the world with 773 points. Williamson is currently the captain of the New Zealand cricket team in all formats.
Born on August 8, 1990 in Tauranga, New Zealand, he is the team’s top order batsman. Williamson debuted in ODI format in 2010 at the age of 20 where he returned to the spot on the deck he played against India. Nonetheless, he rose to the top.
He set New Zealand’s fastest record of 3000 runs in just 78 innings and the 5th fastest in the world. He also helped his team reach the finals of the 2019 ICC World Cup, where they lost to England after a nail-biting match.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Stacy the Ship
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Batting: Right-handed batsman
Wife: Unmarried
ODI debut: August 10, 2010 against India
ODI batting stats: 151 matches, 144 innings with an average of 47.49 and a strike rate of 81.76
10. Quinton De Kock
Another South African on the list of the world’s best ODI batsmen where he is ranked 10th is Quinton de Kock. He is also a wicketkeeper for teams. He was born on December 17, 1992 in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa.
He played the ODI in 2013 when he was just 20 against New Zealand where he scored 18 runs. After returning to the ODI team in November 2013, he scored a magnificent century against Pakistan but he was actually successful in scoring 3 consecutive centuries against India in December 2013.
Not only that, in 2016, he scored 178 against 113 balls against Australia. He also set the record for scoring the fastest 12 ODI centuries in just 74 ODIs, which is yet to be broken.
Interesting facts:
Nickname: Quinny
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Batting: Left-handed batsman
Wife: Sasha Hurley (2016)
ODI debuts: January 19, 2013 against New Zealand
ODI batting stats: 124 matches, 124 innings with an average of 45.38 and a strike rate of 95.47
Plus, we finish the list of the top 10 ODI batsmen in the world according to the ICC ICC in 2022. Do you think anyone else has done better and deserves to be on the list? Share their names in the comments with us.
Frequently asked questions
Question 1: Who is ODI No. 1 Batsman?
Answer 1: At present, Babar Azam, 26, from Pakistan is the ODI No. 1 batsman in the world with an 865/1000 rating by International Cricket Council.
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